Whoa, my head is spinning. Yet another issue to take into account. How cool. Great research, in any case.
Richard Bennett wrote: > Hi, > I did a little more research into the subject, and my email reply became so > long, that I put it up as a web-page - that way I should be able to update > the page with new test-results when available. > > I'd appreciate your comments/improvements. > > Testing from people with new Macs would also be appreciated. > > http://www.richardinfo.com/case_studies/doctypes.html > > or > http://www.your-site.com/~rinfo//case_studies/doctypes.html > if above DNS times out. > > It seems to me that we have a usable doctype testing procedure like this. I > wouldn't automatically include this in DynAPI's browser.js though, untill we > find we need to use the switch in our code somewhere... > People who need it now can include it themselves - right?? > > Cheers, > Richard. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephan Tolksdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:39 AM > Subject: Re[2]: [Dynapi-Dev] IE6 strict / quirks > > > >>Hi Richard, >> >>thanks for the reference. I didn't know about the compatMode >>parameter, which seems to be a reliable test for IE6 strict mode. >> >>But according to: >>http://developer.apple.com/internet/_html/doctype.html >> >>this test: >> >> > this.strict=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat"||(document.doctype&&document. > >>doctype.name.indexOf(".dtd")==-1))?true:false; >> >>doesn't catch the following Mac case: >> >>" >><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> >> >>This DOCTYPE claims that the document is a strict document; that is, >>it is authored according to a strict adherence to the W3C >>specification, and uses no presentational markup (like <FONT>). Upon >>seeing this, IE5/Mac will kick its rendering engine into standards >>mode, so that your document will be displayed according to the W3C >>standards." >> >>The possible combinations of (platform * browser * compatibility mode) >>is growing exponentially. Doesn't make our life easier... >> >>Stephan >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Dynapi-Dev mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.mail-archive.com/dynapi-dev@lists.sourceforge.net/ >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mail-archive.com/dynapi-dev@lists.sourceforge.net/ > > _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mail-archive.com/dynapi-dev@lists.sourceforge.net/
